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Arabic
Arabic
Zulu
Zulu
Zulu and Arabic


Countries
Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   
Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Pan South African Language Board   
Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Xhosa Language   
Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
28   
10
57   
34
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4
How Many Consonants
28   
18
50   
35
Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
مرحبا   
Sawubona   
Thank You
شكرا   
Ngiyabonga   
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
unjani   
Good Night
تصبح على خير   
okuhle ebusuku   
Good Evening
مساء الخير   
okuhle kusihlwa   
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
okuhle ntambama   
Good Morning
صباح الخير   
okuhle ekuseni   
Please
من فضلك   
Ngiyacela   
Sorry
آسف   
Ngiyaxolisa   
Bye
وداعا   
bye   
I Love You
أحبك   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Uxolo   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Qwabe   
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Gabon, South Africa   
Dialect 2
Sudanese   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Where They Speak
Sudan   
Georgia, South Africa   
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   
Dialect 3
Levantine   
Ndebele   
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Zimbabwe   
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   
Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
30.00 million   
36
Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.16 %   
99+
Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
12.00 million   
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
16.00 million   
17
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
isiZulu   
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Isizulu, Zunda   
French Name
arabe   
zoulou   
German Name
Arabisch   
Zulu-Sprache   
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   
Ethnicity
Arabs   
Zulu people   
History
Origin
512 CE   
19   
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   
Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   
Branch
North Arabic   
Beatu   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Deep Zulu   
Language Position
25   
21
87   
99+
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   
Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
ar   
zu   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara   
zul   
ISO 639 2/B
ara   
zul   
ISO 639 3
ara   
zul   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
arab1395   
zulu1248   
Linguasphere
12-AAC   
99-AUT-fg   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   
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All Arabic and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Zulu Speaking population

Arabic and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Zulu on Arabic vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Zulu Language Codes

Arabic and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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